Ice-harvester.



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Patented 06u11, 19m

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IVGE HARVESTER. AIILICATIE I'ILBD 23.21, 1910.

Paf'ma Oct. 11,-;1910.

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'nailed in liezuings'tihat ire this'zirrringenient it is ohviousthat theforward or backward moveineiit of the machine may be eontrolledby theoperator or the Same. muy be diseonneeted from the motor. The .inotor:21. yin this instance, is illustrated being oi' the internal.combustion type and is mounted upon longitudinali sills 2'2, that :iresupported and secured to the transverse beams and 4 of tlietruck-frame,Just rear-werdk of :ind alined with the motor- Shft is located :itrznisinision-Shaft und between the motor-shuft und transmis ionshaftthere is provided which clutch is v controlled by lever A whereby poweryfrom the motor muy be iinpziited to said transinission-shuft :it thewill of the operator, the lutter shaft heing jouieeeured to thetransverse beams '2 und Il. The trzinsinission Shaft has eeured toitsi'eur end a beveled gear-wheel 245', which geur-wheel nie-her; with asimilar beveled gear-wheel that is cured t0 a. transversely 'di.-.po-edeounter-v shaft- 29". The countershuft revoluble liibezirings 29 und :inintermediate bearing thut carriedl by :1 bracket 30, which bracket vinmiler-geur connection Vdrive-shaft hns' 'Set'.'ui'ed thereto :i

is secured to the transverse lie-.ini 'L'. .'l'he 'bearingsi Q9 haveinwardly extendingr portions upon which are Ioo.-;el v mountedezirextensions L of :i smv-carriage 231, which :Saw-carriage is thusiem'iered rupaihle 'of oscillatory inmeinent upon said rhearingextensions. kThe Saw-curriaige ill i composed of suitably arrangedlongitudinal struts ronnected and braced hy ti'tiiisveifze ,ti'iits 33W.and 34, which struts' carry no is 33 forr n Yl'lic vforward end of thisbeveled pinion 237, which meshes with :i beveled genrwheel 3H; that is:eecured to the eoiinter-rliuft 29, 'upon the unis; of wliieh thesmv-carriage is pivoted. Iiy thisiirrnngement the sowcziiriuge may heraised or-lo\\.ered without d ri ve-shnft 36.

affecting the geni' eonnee'tion between the` drive-Shaft 3G :indcouiiter-slnift 22)", from which Cormier-shaft thedrive-shuft receives..its motion. v

VExtending` vreurwzirdly from the trainsverse strut 3l of thesmv-carriage :ire henr- 39, in which is mounted :t transversely disposedsaw-arbor 40. with the driveshaft 36 und hns mounted upon its oppo.-iteends circular eaws 40, the .snws being loi-hed to the Shaft by snitiihledisk- 4l, whirh disks are held tigziinzvt the y:-::iw by ineens ofsupplemental senr-urhois 42, the ende` of rthe suw-:irhors beingslightly enlarged willi :i hexsigon contour und .provided withinternally threadedA reeesses` for engagement with threaded ends of thesmv-arbor 4l). The outer ends of the, supplemental :ii-bowV :irejournnled in henringri 43, which extend from the saw-curri re'. the Saidnrbors heiner prof This smv-arbor 15 :i friction elnteh El.

Aof locking-nrS-t-, which nuts, in eonnection witlrwzishers, serve tosecure snwh 13 in po f sition npon Suid supplemental nriow.

ment of mounting the :saws upon n .sectional snppleincntzilvarbor ut itsihre-(tiled end'witli the I The saw-earriugt'is rzti-ed und 'loweredfrom its: workin;r position by menus, of u windliiss :to that is:supported upon :i crane nifiin. arbor 40, whereby kthe fun' muy-reudily he removed.

suitably braced.' The overhnngng end of' the crane has fonieeled theretoone eild ol'v the hitwcnri'inre hy inmune ol' :t hoi] .'10, v-"he leyund f eiihlc extends: upwardlvi'roinTthe pnl is guidedk over :in idlepulle1 fil. -thail is' trunnioned upon the crane. from whirh pnl .leythe enhle extends :ind i,-. eonnerird to the windlzisf... Alotionimparted to the windlus through :rworm'wheel .S2-that in hist on thewindlzxss nlntlt, the 'woiin-\\'lieel hein; ine-ilied with n worin 523,Athe end ol' which carries u hund-:froideirl. v thisl ineehnniin theoper-tuoi' muy readily rniw.l

orlower 'the antw, it. beiner iinder tood that.

'owing' tothe \\'oi'ni"c:ir, the roble will holdry.

said Siiwliin my de.-ired position ol :adjustinent, wherein'Vf'oiopliented looking nii-ehm nisin is disi'rensed with.

.`\.- .ehown in the drnwsugf. the machine lOl) eukuipper't with four#uws :ind is cepzihle of cutting :t corresponding number of Sertions ofice und in it.`4 operation. in order to gnge the vulling of the `:iwsfrom the had kerl, the niziehine in' provided with one or moreumide-#hoera 55. 'l`hese Juidwshoes :ire riveted or otlier'\-i^\tisecured to urne: 5G, which i :irn terminate with hubs 5T, thiitzireloosely tilted upon rods 5S. The nmehine, :is shown in Fig. "i, rodsupon oppoite sides,-eneh rod being .Qecured h v rivets or otherwiie tothel truckheznns l. .Y The hule; 5i' ofV the guide-simeri tire heldv inrtheir :ldjusted poxition Upon the rods hy inennsol' their Set collars59, szxid Het -eolhira` heinef ni-ranged, to loel; the guideshoep::'iter the saline have been adjusted within the .-:\w-l\'eri`, nud, :is-diown in dotted lines in Fig. when the niznzliine ifs'operzib ingr wihfoursnws, the gnii'le-shoes :Ire iid jnhied laterallyv to :i width fromthe outer 'huw whieh is eqnril to the distance between saws. Shouldthere only, lie two snwsopt ruling. the other saws. it is understood.lwould he removed nndithe s:l\\'guides would he in :i poy ""ion :is shownin full lines ol l n 2. "l'lie rods im placed upon oppositeoides of ihemachine. in pairfor the purpose ofl is prorided'with pairs of these 4bwheels; valve 64 is4 reversed and Athe 5 `will/trail within thesawvlterf and are capable of oscillation, whereby they may ride anyirregularities within said kerf while at L the saine-time they willsecurely hold the machine in a position parallel to the' last .i

n order to turn the machine about with the least possible expenditure ofoliver andl time after the saine has completer a cnt, we

have provided a fluid-controlled jack, whci'ef by the tractioii-wlicelsof said machine may be lifted from the surface ofV the ice or, in someinstances, the machine maybe entirely suspended. ln cases .vhere it isonly required to liftthe traction end of'the machinewc utilize a'forward Huid jack, which, in thispinstanee, comprises a cylinder 60 .Kthat is secured 'to theV transverse .beam 6. This cylinder has mountedtherein a Vpiston head GL from which head a piston rod 62 extendsdownwardly through.` a suitable gland inthe lower end of thecylindeigwthc piston rod being providedwith a disk jat its lower end forengagement with the surface of the ice. The upper and lwer ends of thecylinder are in pipe connection with a valve Gl, wliielivalve isconnected'by a dis charge pipe 65 and a return pipe 66 to ahand-controlled tluid piiinp, the pipes 65 'and 66 being provided withsuitable check- -ralvcs (not shown) within the pumpbase.

y this mechanism when `the valve G4 is set.

inthe position shown in Fig. t and the pump operated, oil or other Suidwill be .forced through the discharge 'pipe 65 to the 40 valve (Si andfrom thence tothe lower end of the cylinder 61, whereby the piston,which comprises the jack mechanism,A is lifted and held clear ofthe'siirface of the ice., Should rthe operator desire4 to lift thetractiondischarge pipe` 65 will then draw the iquid from the-bottoni ofthe cylinder and circulate it through the pipe system to the top of saidcylinder, where-by the jack will raise.

60 the forward end of the machine. The'uid circulating pipes areprovided with threeway-cocks 68 and G9, and' said circulating pipes, inthis instance, are shown extending rearwardly from said three-way-cocksto the iop'and bottom of a cylinder 70. vThis cylin- -dcr`isinevery'respect similar to the one just. described in connection with theforward jack and is .so placed with relation .to the vmachine. that theweight of the saine is hal-k aiiced npoii its piston 7l' when the lattervhas been forced downwardr The said pis0n`71 .also carries a disk,which, when vresting upon the ice, serve# as asupport for the entiremachine and the same may thus be revolved 55 about the artis of thepistonwith the least ump Y t' l By utilizing a saw-guide or guides aslforward jack.

possibleY power, it being understood Athat when the. centrally disposedjack operated. the threeway-cocks (38 and (39, are adjusted so :is tocut oil' the fluid supply from the y,

From the yforegoing description it will be understood that the machine:is-described is under perfect control of a single operator and, owingto thenovel structural featuresV and combination of parts, it is capableof cutting a maximum quantity of ice in a' given time with the leastexpenditure of poiici'` the said results being attained by actualA testYof a -full-sized machine in operai v f so tion. A

By utilizing a speed reducing gear drive in connection 'with thetraction wliecls,which gear,.in this instance, consists of a worin andworm-wheel, the machine is timed to feed forward at a speed which doesnot oflferfun-y dnefr resistance toi theV saws-'fthe .iotation of whichsaws is at high \'eloci ty,1heing geared upto ra speed al'iproxiniatelytwice-that -of son with the forward tra vel of the harvester, it beingunderstood that all gearing shown exposed in the accompanyingdrawings-'is 'the engine, and thus the saws are capable of v performingtheir cutting operation iii,iini")ok l y suitably incased to provideagainst accidents.

and also protect the same from weatlierconditions.y

`'eclaiirn" l: 1. An icc harvester comprising,r atruck.

the truck, spudded traction wheels secured to the axle. independentoscillatory 'runners mounted `upon the rear end of the truck, an

engine carried by the truck having its shaft extended longitudinally ineither direction. anaxially alined shaft extending,l forwardly from theengine shaft-` a clutch mechanism' Yfor connecting said engine shaft,and forward shaft, a speed reducingl gear connection betweenthc-aforesaid forwardv sliift and truck axle, a transmission shaftaxially ralined with and extending back fromthe' aforesaid engine shaft,a clutch mechanism for connecting the engine shaft und trans .missionshaft, transversely disposed bearings' 'the wndlass, a jack mechanismfor the truck, and oscillatory trailing guide slices :in axle mountedupon the-forward end of A too carried by the truck adapted totravelinthe last saw-korf, whereby the succeeding sawy kerf is gaged;

2. An icek harvestcr'coinprising a truck,r

- shaft extending longitudinally in either divrection, a speed reducinggear connection between the forward shaft and truck-axle, a transmissionshaft axially alined with and extending rearwardly of'tlie aforesaid en`J5 gine shaft, a clutch mechanism for connecting tht engine shaft andtransmission shaft, bearings carried by the truck, a counter-` shaft]ournaled in vthe bearings, a swinging saw-carriage mounted upon thebearings, a transversely disposed sectional arbor mounted uponv theswinging saw-carriage, :i driving gear connection between the arbor,connter'sliat and transmission shaft, one or more saws carried by eachsection of the saw-arbor, a crane mounted upon the truck, a windlasscarried by the ci'ane, and a cable connection between the wndlass andsawcarriage.

3. An icey harvester comprising a truck, 3 an axlemounted upon theforward end of the truck, traction wheels secured to the axle,independent oscillatory runners for rsupportingthe rear` end of thetruck, an engine carried by said truck having its shaft extendinglongitudinally in either direction, nn axially alined shaft extendngforwardly of the engine shaft, aI hand-controlled rcversing gearmechanism connecting theffb'rf' ward shaft and engine shaft, a worm-weel secured to the axle, a worm carried by the forward shaft engageablewith the Wormwlieel, a transmission shaft axially alined `vitli andextending rearwardly of the aforersaid engine shaft, a clutchmechanisn'igconnecting thc engine shaft and'transmission shaft,transversely disposed bearings carried by the truck frame, acounter-shaft journaled within the bearings, a swinging saw-carriagemounted upon the bearings, a.'

longitudinally disposed drive shaft carried by the smv-carriage, beveleddriving gears connecting tlie transmission shaft, countershaft anddrive-shaft, a transver l disposed saw-arbor mounted upon sa'iSawcarriage, gears connecting the Saw-arbor and drive-shaft, one or moresaws carried by the sa w-arbor, a crane supported upon the truck, awindlass mounted upon thel crane, a cable connecting the windlass andsaw-carriage, a

vertically disposed cylinder secured to the triu'k-fraine, pistonmounted within the cylinder having a disk at. its end adapted to engagethe surface of the ice, and a handcontrolled fluid' pump in pie-connection with opposite ends of the cylin er.

In testimony that we claim the fore oing we have hereunto set our handsat Wauesha iii the county of lVaukesha and State of Wisconsin in thepresence-of two witnesses.

THOMAS DIAMOND. WILLIAM P. DIAMOND. W'itnesses:

W. J. MURRAY, ll. RoAcn.

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